began his studies at the Liverpool College of Art

By January 1959, Lennon’s Quarry Bank friends had left the group and he began his studies at the Liverpool College of Art . The three guitarists, billing themselves as Johnny and the Moondogs, were playing rock and roll whenever they could find a drummer. They also performed as the Rainbows. Paul McCartney later told New Musical Express that they called themselves that “because we all had different coloured shirts and we couldn’t afford any others!”